Hull, MA man James Tucker arrested on child pornography charges – NBC Boston

A man was arrested on allegations of taking child sexual abuse images as he returned by plane to Massachusetts on Tuesday, authorities said.

James Tucker, a 69-year-old from Hull, was arrested on charges of possessing and distributing the images as well as photographing an unsuspecting naked person as he stepped off a plane at Boston Logan International Airport, Hull police said Wednesday .

Tucker’s home on Driftway Avenue in Hull was searched last week as part of an investigation into child sexual abuse images, police said. The search, for which investigators obtained a search warrant, was conducted jointly with the U.S. Secret Service’s New England Cyber ​​Fraud Task Force and computer data storage was seized.

Later that day, police called Tucker to tell him his home was being searched and learned he was in Florida and planned to return on Tuesday. Police said he was arrested without incident as he exited the plane.

Resources for victims of sexual assault are available through the National Sexual Violence Resources Center and the National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline at 800-656-4673and Massachusetts provides this statewide list and resources for survivors of sexual assault.

They said he was arraigned at the Hull Police Department on $25,040 bail prior to his arraignment Wednesday in Hingham District Court.

It was not immediately clear whether Tucker had an attorney who could speak to his arrest.